Shabina Kauser

Shabina Kauser is a counsellor who focuses on client-centred work. She draws on three years of practice helping people with relationship strain, family conflict, grief and changes in life. She aims to make it easier to talk about hard things and to find clearer next steps.

She uses straightforward conversation to help people explore feelings and practical choices. Sessions often look at self-esteem, motivation and coping after loss. She pays attention to how cultural expectations can shape thoughts and behaviours.

Shabina speaks English, Punjabi and Urdu and has prior experience working within Urdu-speaking communities. She notes strengths and limits in her language skills and uses them to support people who find it helpful to discuss culture and tradition in their own words.

Her background includes work with clients from Asia and the Far East and an understanding of collectivist family systems. She discusses how family demands, parental expectations and generational patterns affect decision-making and emotional expression.

In sessions she listens first and then helps people try small, practical changes. She also helps people think through communication problems, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and separation or divorce. People who feel isolated or lonely are welcome to explore that experience and possible ways forward.

Shabina holds the NCPS credential. She aims to offer a respectful space where cultural context matters and personal goals guide the work.

How Shabina uses therapeutic approaches online

Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the heart of the work. The counsellor listens with curiosity, reflects what is said and helps people identify the goals that matter to them. This approach is useful for exploring family expectations, cultural pressures and feelings of isolation.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavioural experiments to test new ways of coping. That can be helpful for low mood, anxiety about relationships and building confidence.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss options and adapt methods to suit each person's needs, goals and preferences. Decisions about techniques are made collaboratively rather than imposed.

Please check which session formats are available before booking, as the profile does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people join from locations that are more convenient or quieter for them, while keeping the focus on practical steps and emotional understanding.